Hufflepuff never works overtime

The cauldron beside him suddenly made a boiling "gurgling" sound, and Hermione frantically used her wand to control the temperature to drop a little, so as to calm down the violently shaking crucible.

"How many days have you boiled this pot?"

Hermione slowly stretched out her two fingers, and looked at each other pitifully, "Today is already the second day."

Fayse glanced at the requirements in the notes——the 21 lacewings that need to survive for 12 days are already in early November, and even if they are lucky enough to succeed once, it will take December at the earliest to be released from Malfoy's. A rough idea came out of his mouth.

"How about I ask Astoria to check her sister first?"

Faith still felt that this was not a good idea, because there were too many unstable factors in it, "Miss Greengrass in our grade always likes to hang out with Parkinson, I remember that Parkinson is Malfoy's follower one."

Hermione bit her lip and thought for a moment, then shook her head, "I think it's better not to, Astoria is now a Hufflepuff, and they may not trust what she tells or it may not be true information. , and may also scare the snake away.”

After the other party pointed out the shortcomings of her own ideas, Faise couldn't help but sighed. Could it really be that they can only go to Slytherin for a cross-dressing convention?

If they are discovered... they won't be hung upside down at the door to demonstrate like the mole was caught in ancient times.

"No way, Faith?" Hermione said hesitantly, "Don't be too stressed, I know those things are not easy to get, I just want to ask you to try, if you find it inconvenient, we can ask again Is there any other way?"

"Actually, I do know that there's one guy in Hufflepuff who might be able to get a full moon sapweed—like Weasley's brother, Miriam's brother likes to start a little business at school. As for doing Africa The owner of the tree snake skin strip, I also have a candidate in my heart, but I don't know if he is willing..."

Faise said silently, and she nodded in the expectant eyes of the three, "Okay, I will try to help you get these two materials, but don't forget that there is one more important thing, you You have to prepare yourself in advance..."

"Don't worry about that, I already have a plan."

A smug smile immediately appeared on Hermione's face. Although the two boys didn't know what she was talking about, they nodded in agreement.

"Merlin's Christmas stocking... I don't know if I'm helping you or hurting you." Faith couldn't help shaking her head.

Hermione couldn't control that much. Things that hadn't settled for the past few days suddenly had hope. She wrapped her arms around Faise's shoulders excitedly, rubbed her cheek against the other's head, "I knew you would definitely There is a way, you are great!"

Feeling the other party's sincere joy, Faise fixed her crooked glasses in the violent shaking, she suddenly remembered something, and told Hermione, "If you can't find anything valuable from Malfoy, You can try to steal a copy of his diary and bring it to me, you know, I might be able to find some special information."

Hermione also thought of the other party's incredible ability. She stroked her chin thoughtfully, "That might depend on Ron and Harry. I probably won't be able to get into the boys' dormitory."

"Why?" Faith tilted her head curiously, "I remember that the transformation of compound decoction should be gender-neutral, right?"

"I don't want to be a boy..." Hermione frowned and looked Harry and Ron up and down, causing the two boys to look at them with embarrassment.

Ron coughed and tried to change a less sensitive topic, "Orest, what do you mean by the plan you just mentioned? Why did you find out about the special information?"

Faith was about to open her mouth to explain, when she felt the robe behind her being pulled calmly, she changed her tone, and smiled at him mysteriously, "This involves the secret between me and Hermione. .”

Upon hearing this, Harry's expression immediately became embarrassed. He obviously thought that the other party still cared about his reluctance to share the news before.

Faith didn't bother to care about what the two boys with different expressions were thinking, she yawned a lot, "I will try my best to help you get all the materials together this week, now, dear Miss Granger, you Allow me to enjoy the end of my lunch break? I can't just stay and watch the stove for you."

"Of course, just leave the rest to us," Hermione patted her chest and said confidently, "We only have enough materials for one attempt, so we must ensure success!"

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Taking advantage of Quidditch training the next day, Faise asked Senior Leviathan, but the other party not only offered her herbal medicine for free, but even vowed to give it to her by this weekend at the latest.

Just...don't be so anxious.

Afterwards, Faise inquired about the market price of the sapweed, checked her shriveled little wallet, and finally decided to accept the other party's kindness. For this reason, she felt a strange sense of guilt for a long time.

Because I don't know how to repay the other party, and I don't want to let this kind of debt spread - after all, I have to trouble the other party to guide me to practice.

Faith decided to start with Miriam, to help the siblings get in touch with each other, and strive to improve their relationship as if they were strangers.

It's a pity that she couldn't speak a few words of persuasion that night, when she was thrown onto the bed by the desperate red-haired girl, shaking her shoulders wildly, "Be sober, Faith! Why did that boring idiot attract your attention?" , you should look at the people around you more! For example, Hermione is much better than him!"

All in all, my persuasion seemed to have the opposite effect, and the topic that night was inexplicably brought up by the other party about how good Hermione was to him.

But I... don't need to improve my relationship with Hermione...

Until she received the sap grass picked during the full moon from her senior, Faise couldn't think of any good idea to make up for the other party, and finally she could only give the other party a pair of protective gloves as a Christmas present at Christmas— —and even asked Hermione to fly Mercury to the Muggle world to buy it.

After finishing one of the two medicinal materials, Faise still couldn't relax, after all, the real difficulty was yet to come.

She deliberately chose a sunny day, and reluctantly came to the familiar basement classroom. After making sufficient mental preparations, she knocked on the dark door in front of her.

"Excuse me, Professor Snape, are you there?"

Chapter 110 Two Dried African Tree Snake Strips

Standing alone in front of the other party again, in the same opaque office and the professor with a gloomy expression, Faith swallowed silently.

In order to avoid meeting the unsmiling professor, she sneaked in every Friday morning when he was teaching Gryffindor and Slytherin, and quickly finished a shelf, and then retreated quickly before the professor came back.

I didn't expect that I would take the initiative to deliver it to my door this time. I hope the professor is satisfied with the results of my labor...

"Would you please give me a strip of dried woodsnake skin? Just a small one."

Boldly proposing the purpose of her trip directly, Faith knew that Professor Snape didn't like roundabout rhetoric - but that didn't mean the other party wasn't good at it, his eccentric innuendo was at its peak.

The office fell into a period of silence, Faise once thought that this ridiculous request of hers might really be granted, she didn't dare to urge but just waited patiently.

"Give me a reason."

It was rare for Snape to be willing to raise his head to face him, but Faith lowered her head under the gaze of those sharp black eyes, and what caught her eyes was her twisted fingers protruding from the wide cuffs.

The reason... I must not be honest, otherwise the professor will immediately break into the women's toilet and take the three lions to one pot.

Gryffindor deducted 500 points!

But if you can't clearly say that it is used to make compound decoction, what reason can you come up with?Merlin's suspenders, I should discuss it with Hermione before coming here, and prepare a more plausible excuse...

"Can't you hear me? Why do you need woodsnake strips, Miss Orest."

The inexplicable gloomy tone and the accented 'O' sound in her name made Faise tremble all over, and tremblingly raised her head to look at the other party, her lips twitched a few times.

"Because... when I was helping you clean up, I saw your collection of dried African tree snake strips...I like it very much."

Snape probably didn't expect that the other party would suddenly come up with such a reason. He looked at the girl in front of him who started talking nonsense, and restrained the corners of his mouth from rising, instead making his expression more like a sarcasm.

"You like it so much that I'm going to give it to you?"

"No," Faith subconsciously shook her head, but thinking of the purpose of her trip, she still clenched her fists and said with difficulty, "Christmas is coming soon, Professor."

"I know."

"I mean... my birthday is on that day too, hahaha, what a coincidence... It would be great if you could send me dried African tree snake skin as a birthday present..."

To be honest, when she uttered this passage, Faith felt that her soul had floated out of the office, away from the basement, and went straight to Gryffindor who was taking Charms class, and saw the man who was listening carefully The little lion shook the opponent's shoulder and roared.

You see, what a sacrifice I have made for you!

Due to the deafening heartbeat in the chest and the burning sensation spreading from the cheeks to the back of the ears, Faise couldn't be sure whether Professor Snape was really silent, or if he had already opened his mouth to mock, but she just didn't hear it. .

After enjoying a nearly suffocating silence, Faise finally heard the voice from above her head.

"I remember you cleaned up my office last week." Snape tapped his finger on the table, "I can't find where the eight-eyed spider's venom is, and I need it in Thursday's class." Use it, help me get it."

"Professor, I left a note on your desk, on which should be drawn the location of all the medicinal materials." Faith said reluctantly.

In fact, assuming it is an ordinary medicinal material, she has no objection, so just help to get it.

But if her memory didn't float away with her soul, then she clearly remembered that the eight-eyed spider's poison was put together with the dead spider, and she didn't have any roommates to help her, let alone wear gloves!

"Need me to say 'please' to you?" Snape said with a hint of impatience in his voice.

"Yes... I understand Professor."

Faith's legs walked over automatically, and she tried to hypnotize herself, anyway, she only needed to take out the bottle containing the venom, and if she was careful, she wouldn't touch the damn bug corpse.

As I recall...it was the second-to-last drawer on the left shelf.

Faith opened the medicine cabinet with trembling hands. The drawer was made of some kind of wood, not to mention very heavy, and there was a "squeak" friction sound.

What came into view was the neatly arranged fluffy big eight-legged spiders. Faith felt that her eyes were red for a moment, and her heart couldn't stop beating wildly. She wanted to scream but couldn't open it. mouth.

Even because she was too frightened and severely frightened, a wave of anger rose in her heart.

Faith grabbed a small green bottle in the corner, then used her knees to support the outside of the drawer, and with a sudden force, with a dull 'bang', those unsightly things finally disappeared from her sight up.

After going through these struggles, Faise can only say that she is worthy of Hermione's entrustment, and she has really tried her best... It's just that the professor is unwilling to give it, and she really has nothing to do.

"To you."

Like a hero returning triumphantly after winning a battle, Faise solemnly handed over the spoils in her hand to Professor Snape. She could feel the sweat in her palms, and hoped that the other party would not mind...

Besides, what if you mind?Who told this lazy bat not to take it by himself!Even if I gave him the location map, I didn't even look at it!

"Excuse me, can I go back now?"

Snape looked at the girl in front of him who was about to faint, and shook his head helplessly. He pulled out his wand from his robe and waved it at the medicine cabinet.

The drawer that had just been closed was opened again, and a small piece of brown flake with black spots flew out of a transparent jar, hanging in front of Faise.

The professor lifted his chin, "Before you leave, please help me throw this away."

Faise didn't realize it at first, she was even obsessed with it - why you can get the bottle with a wave of your hand, but you still want me to help you desperately!

When she noticed that the translucent object in front of her seemed to have some scaly patterns, and remembered that the dried African tree snake skin was also placed in that drawer, Faise quickly grabbed it and looked at the other party excitedly, "Professor!"

Looking at the girl's expression, Snape waved his hand with some disgust, "Don't let me find out what stupid things you did with it."

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The author's words:

It is said that today is the day with the most 2 in the entire century, really good 2...

Chapter 110 Three

That afternoon, Faith handed the two materials to Hermione. Although she didn't want to act as if she was asking for credit, she couldn't help muttering, "I really don't understand why Professor Snape I can't express my kindness a little more clearly, so that my heart can feel better."

Every time she came back from the other party's office, she spent twice as long healing herself from the shock.

Fortunately, Hermione knew how to appease the other party very well. She took out the birthday gift her mother gave Faith in advance—it was a large box of Thorntons chocolates /Thorntons/. By the way, Mr. Granger prepared Free full oral examination.

It's just that poor Mercury wants to be a hard-working porter, and the box of chocolates is as big as two of them.

Originally, the sweet chocolate was used as a condiment for Faise’s study and life, and it was consumed in a leisurely manner, but life was like a roller coaster that couldn’t see the track ahead. Take a nosedive.

Hufflepuff loses the Quidditch match with Gryffindor - by just one goal, Gryffindor wins again.

There are no small moves, no accidents, and neither the process nor the results are controversial.

The process of the two Seekers vying for the Snitch was so exciting that every audience broke into a cold sweat. In the end, Lady Luck made a little joke, and at the moment when Cedric's hand was about to catch the ball For a moment—Face even felt that he had touched the wings of the ball—suddenly, it underwent an acceleration.

Mr. Savior once again raised the golden ball in his hand, and the Gryffindors in the audience cheered his name, and his team members rushed up to throw the smiling Harry into the air.

Before Harry caught the Golden Snitch, Hufflepuff led by a full 140 points. They were so eager to get a good start, so as to wash away the record of losing to Gryffindor last year. With the enthusiastic cooperation of the players, Offense, defense, almost every step is perfect.

Three hours after the opening, Gryffindor's goal has completely become their back garden.

Unlike Slytherin who has financial support this year, the vast majority of Hufflepuff players still use the most cost-effective Comet series. Only the goalkeeper and the seeker use the Nimbus 2000.

As one of the alternate team members, Faise and several other students stood outside the tent, watching helplessly as their advantage vanished.

No one has the confidence or courage to say that he can perform better than the seniors after playing, and the cooperation between them is admirable enough.

Even so, it was the first time that the unreconciled emotions fermented in the hearts of the peaceful badgers. Faith also had to admit that when Hermione rushed into the field to give Harry a celebratory hug in the middle, she didn't even have a face. I couldn't hold back the smile on my face.

They just stood blankly at the place closest to the field, and greeted the lost players who flew back slowly without any blame or complaint. It was indeed a wonderful game, but it was a pity that they were not the winners.

Faith silently returned to the tent, and took off the heavy protective measures one by one. Although she didn't play in the end, she actually stood by the court for more than 3 hours. She didn't know until the moment she sat down. His legs began to tremble uncontrollably.

Several girls around me were facing the cabinet, and their bodies couldn't help shaking when they changed their team uniforms. Maybe everyone was tired.

After this match, Faith was depressed for several days, and Hermione tried every means but failed to cheer her up completely. The little lion was so anxious that he wanted to carry her everywhere.

Due to the intensified public opinion of the petrification incident in the school, they had to speed up the pace of making compound soup.

The tension was not only pervasive among the students, but also affected the attitudes of many teachers. Although they didn't say it explicitly, it could be seen more or less from the increased number of patrols and their serious expressions.

In such a Hogwarts, the only one who is completely unaffected may be Gilderoy Lockhart.

The Defense Against the Dark Arts class was as painful as ever for Faith. Due to Professor Lockhart's flamboyant and narcissistic behavior, he asked his students to act out the wonderful content of his book through drama in class.

Moreover, because it was a rivalry with her classmates, even though Faise had prepared that perfect excuse at the beginning of the school year, she still couldn't escape the fate of being a secondary role from time to time—mostly villagers and the like.

Faith lowered her head almost to the table every time she cast a role, but this time, her blond hair caused a lot of trouble for herself. Three months after the start of school, she won the Loha again. Special attention, and got a fairly important role.

Played the role of the girl who was attacked in "Break with the Female Ghost".

"Help, don't kill me."